Blank foldable to form a paper paddle



June 1, 1965 R. s. BERENDT ETAI. 3,186,714

BLANK FOLDABLE TO FORM A PAPER PADDLE Filed Aug. 15. 1951 www United States Patent O 3,186,714 BLANK FULDABLE TO FORNI A PAPER PADDLE Ralph S. Berendt, Carol D. Berendt, and Murray Bernthal, Syracuse, N.Y., assignors to Capse, Inc., Bualo, N.Y., a corporation of New'V York Filed Aug. 15, 1961, Ser. No. 131,634 3 Claims. (Cl. 273-96) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in the paper toy lield and more particularly is concerned with a paper paddle having a reinforced handle and handle-face junction but constructed hom an integral sheet of paper.

Cheap paddles have been manufactured from plywood and other materials but the cheapest and simplest manufacture would be from paper if the handle and handleface junction could be of suticient strength to withstand the wear and tear of use.

It is an object of this invention to provide a blank for forming a cheap, sturdy paper paddle for use in various games.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a blank for forming from a single integral sheet of paper a paper paddle that has a heavy-duty handle and a reinforced junction between the handle and the paddle face.

With the above objects and others in View, the nature of which will be more apparent, the invention will be more fully understood by reference to the drawings, the accompanying detailed description and the appended claims.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a scored and cut paper blank prior to formation of a paper paddle constructed in accordance with this invention;

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the paper paddle as formed from the blank of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a modified scored and cut paper paddle blank.

Referring to the drawings in detail this invention as illustrated is embodied in a paper paddle that is especially adapted to play with bottle cap toys but can be used for table tennis, as a fan, to carry advertising and for various other games.

The paddle here indicated at 5 in FIGS. 1 and 2 is formed of a face portion 7, an inner handle ply 9 attached to the base of the face and outer handle plies 11 attached to the opposed sides of the inner handle ply at scores 13. Slits 14 are cut at the bottom between the inner handle ply and respective outer plies. At the lower free side of each outer ply 11 is a small locking tab 15 separated from the respective outer plies by a score 17. At the upper end of each outer ply and extending outwardly at an angle is a long tongue 19 which is adjacent the paddle face 7 in the unfolded plan view but separated therefrom by slit lines 21. Extending upwardly into the face perpendicular to the slit lines 2'1 are slit lines 23.

It will be appreciated that a plurality of these paddles in the at form as shown in FIG. 1 can be die cut and scored from large sheets of paper with only a little waste of paper between paddles. The paper used is preferably a stiff paper such as cardboard, chpboard, paperboard, etc.

After the paddle 5 has been die cut and scored in one plane as shown in FIG. 1, one outer handle ply 11 is turned to the front of the inner ply 9 and the other is ICC turned to the rear to give a three ply handle. The upper angular tongues 19 are then slid through the associated slit lines 23. These tongues serve two purposes, ;i.e., the outer plies 11 are held in closely to the inner ply 9 and the junction of the paddle handle to the paddle face is reinforced. The tabs 15 are also folded back and throughthe slits 14 to hold the three handle plies together at their free end. The two outer plies may be turned to the same side of ply 9 so that one becomes an inner ply and the normally inner ply 9 will then be an outer ply.

A modified paddle is shown in plan form in FIG. 3 and has reference numerals similar to FIGS. 1 and 2 except Where changes exist. Thus locking tabs 29 are substituted for 15 and slits 23 have been moved to form longitudinal extensions of scoresp13.

These paddles cooperate advantageously in playing with various bottle cap toys of our copending application, Serial No. 131,633, iiled of even date herewith. A bottle cap toy may be placed on the paddle and thrown into the air. As the toy falls, the heavier cap portion is underneath and can be readily and easily caught on the paddle. If the cap toy falls to the floor, the thin single paper ply of the paddle may be easily slid underneath the cap with a quick motion to position the cap toy on the paddle for further play. Two players may, of course, pass the cap toys back and forth from each other by throwing and catching the cap toys with the paddles. The central area 25 may be used as a target and a score given for catching objects within the area.

We claim:

1. A blank for forming a paper paddle comprising a single ply face portion, an integrally attached inner handle ply depending longitudinally from said face, an outer handle ply integrally attached to each side of and adapted to be folded to lie in juxtaposition with said inner ply to thus eiect a three ply handle, and an angular tongue integrally attached to and extending upwardly and outwardly from the upper end of each outer ply, said tongue being gener-ally adjacent .and outside the lower associated face edge, said face having a slit on each side extending inwardly from the edge thereof within the longitudinal reach of said associated tongue, each of said tongues being in juxtaposition with said face when said outer plies are folded and adapted to be passed through one of said slits to reinforce the junction of said handle and said face.

2. The blank of claim 1 wherein said slits extend'upwardly lfrom and in alignment with the side edges of said inner handle.

3. The blank of clairn 1 wherein said slits extend inwardly from the edge of said face from associated points on both sides of said inner handle and spaced therefrom.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 7 16,464 12/02 Nelson 273-76 1,946,373 2/ 34 Walsh. 2,016,548 10/ 35 Katz 124-17 2,622,881 12/ 52 Pritsche. 2,666,642 1/54 Ward 273-100 2,718,092 9/ 5 5 Grant 46-81 DELBERT B. LOWE, Primary Examiner. 

1. A BLANK FOR FORMING A PAPER PADDLE COMPRISING A SINGLE PLY FACE PORTION, AN INTEGRALLY ATTACHED INNER HANDLE PLY DEPENDING LONGITUDINALLY FROM SAID FACE, AN OUTER HANDLE PLY INTEGRALLY ATTACHED TO EACH SIDE OF AND ADAPTED TO BE FOLDED TO LIE IN JUXTAPOSITION WITH SAID INNER PLY TO THUS EFFECT A THREE PLY HANDLE, AND AN ANNULAR TONGUE INTEGRALLY ATTACHED TO AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY FROM THE UPPER END OF EACH OUTER PLY, SAID TONGUE BEING GENERALLY ADJACENT AND OUTSIDE THE LOWER ASSOCIATED FACE EDGE, SAID FACE HAVING A SLIT ON EACH SIDE EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM THE EDGE THEREOF WITHIN THE LONGITUDINAL REACH OF SAID ASSOCIATED TONGUE, EACH OF SAID TONGUES BEING IN JUXTAPOSITION WITH EACH FACE WHEN SAID OUTER PLIES ARE FOLDED AND ADAPTED TO BE PASSED THROUGH ONE OF SAID SLITS TO REINFORCE THE JUNCTION OF SAID HANDLE AND SAID FACE. 